Shape the Future: Research and Development Questions in Digital Accessibility - Online Research Symposium
13 September 2021
The Web Accessibility Initiative – Communities of Practice Project and The W3C Accessible Platform Architectures Working Group invites researchers, practitioners, and people with disability, to participate in an international online symposium…
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CFA Australia & VisAbility delivering Web & document workshop on 16 September: register now!
6 September 2021
Dr Scott Hollier, the CEO of the Centre for Accessibility Australia, and Vithya Vijayakumare, the Digital Accessibility Specialist at VisAbility will be teaming up to deliver a one-day web…
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Department of Communities WA seeking survey participants to improve services
6 September 2021
The Department of Communities is Western Australia’s major human services department that brings together services and functions that support the wellbeing of individual, family, and community. They are seeking…
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Scribe for Meetings browser plug-in offers improvements to screen sharing accessibility
1 September 2021
Pneuma Solutions have recently announced the release of the Scribe for Meetings browser extension. This potentially makes screen sharing more accessible for people that use assistive technologies to access the…
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Students seeking survey participants for development of wheelchair restaurant app
1 September 2021
A group of student volunteers from Enactus Melbourne, a not-for-profit organisation that builds new social enterprises, is currently seeking survey responses from wheelchair users, support workers and friends…
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CFA Australia and ASCCA team up to support people with disability in equipment rollout
1 September 2021
What do you do when you have an office full of equipment that’s no longer required? The solution: distribute it to people and organisations that can benefit from it…
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XR Accessibility User Requirements now a published W3C Note
27 August 2021
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) has recently published a formal W3C Note on the on the XR Accessibility User Requirements (XAUR).
The Note was developed…
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CFA Australia launches its Telcos for All video
13 August 2021
CFA Australia today launches its Telcos for All video, celebrating the great work that the telecommunications sector has done in addressing accessibility issues on their websites and apps.
The Australian…
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Twitter rolls out auto-captions for voice tweets on iPhone, iPad
21 July 2021
Twitter, the popular social media tool that allows users to post short online messages, has announced that tweets that are based on voice can also be viewed as text. This…
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Windows 11 introduces voice typing and opens the door for Android accessibility features
25 June 2021
Microsoft has announced the upcoming release of its new Windows 11 operating system which includes some new accessibility features such as voice typing and an improved on-screen keyboard. However…
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